7.215. tomcat6

Bug Fixes

BZ#746842

Previously, in /etc/init.d/tomcat6, the checkpidfile function did not return correct values when the PID file and a matching /proc/${kpid} existed. This caused the status function to use pgrep to look for processes, which showed any other java processes running as the same user. A fix has been applied, and the checkpidfile function now works as expected.

BZ#1022061

Before this update, the tomcat6 init script did not kill the tomcat process if an attempt to stop it was unsuccessful, which prevented tomcat from restarting properly. The init script has been modified to correct this issue.

BZ#1031327

After upgrading from Apache 6.0.20 to a higher version, the file response from the server could be empty in some cases, and empty files without error logs were generated. A patch has been backported, and logs now contain normal responses.

BZ#1042811

Previously, the tomcat6 service restart incorrectly caused duplication in JVM command-line arguments, and the "-Djavax.sql.DataSource.Factory=org.apache.commons.dbcp.BasicDataSourceFact ory" duplicate argument appeared. This has been fixed, and tomcat6 now starts without duplicate JVM arguments.

BZ#1054817

After updating tomcat6-admin-webapps, the "/var/lib/tomcat6/webapps/manager/WEB-INF/web.xml" file was overwritten with a file from the new RPM without notifying the user. This destroyed custom changes made to the file, such as additional roles. The file has been marked as %config in the RPM .spec file. Now, the original file is retained, and the file from RPM is installed as "/var/lib/tomcat6/webapps/manager/WEB-INF/web.xml.rpmnew".

BZ#1128396

Requests using chunked transfer encoding generated a "NullPointerException" in the parseHeader() function of ChunkedInputFilter.java when the last chunk was processed. Consequently, HTTP connection was aborted by tomcat. The underlying code has been amended, and HTTP connection is no longer lost in this situation.

BZ#1183252

Previously, processing a large file, over 1.8 MB in size, by tomcat could lead to an "IOException", and the file was not processed completely. A patch has been applied, and tomcat now processes such files without problems.

BZ#1202759

After upgrading from tomcat6-6.0.24-83 to tomcat6-6.0.24-84, it was not possible to install the IPA server with tomcat6-6.0.24-84, and the "Failed to restart the certificate server" message was displayed. A fix has been applied, and the IPA server can now be installed successfully in this situation.

Enhancements

BZ#844307, BZ#857356

Tomcat 6 can now be installed without a GUI. The dependency on redhat-lsb has been removed, and it is now possible to install Tomcat 6 with a reduced number of installed components without a GUI.

BZ#1068689

Tomcat log file rotation can now be disabled. By default, Tomcat log files are rotated on the first write operation which occurs after midnight, and given the file name {prefix}{date}{suffix}, where the format for date is YYYY-MM-DD. To allow Tomcat log file rotation to be disabled, the parameter "rotatable" has been added. If this parameter is set to "false", the log file is not rotated and the file name is {prefix}{suffix}. The default value is "true".